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Unit 1 A time to rememberConversation 2ATed: Oh, I’m really sorry. Are you OK"Ana: I’m fine. But I’m not very good at this.Ted: Neither am I. Say, are you from South America"Ana: Yes, I am, originally. I was born in Argentina.Ted: Did you grow up there"Ana: Yes, I did, but my family moved here eight years ago, when I was in high school.Ted: And where did you learn to Rollerblade"Ana: Here in the park. This is only my second time.Ted: Well, it’s my first time. Can you give me some lessons"Ana: Sure, Just follow me.Ted: By the way, my name is Ted.Ana: And I’m Ana. Nice to meet you.Conversation 2BTed: Hey, that was fun. Thanks for the lesson!Ana: No problem. So, tell me a little about yourself. What do you do"Ted: I work in a travel agency.Ana: Really! What do you do there"Ted: I’m in charge of their puters.Ana:Oh, so you’re a puter specialist.Ted: Well, sort of. Yeah, I guess so.Ana: That’s great. Then maybe you can give me some help with a puter course I’m taking.Ted: Oh, sure . . . but only if you promise to give me some more Rollerblading lessons.Ana: It’s a deal!Listening 4Yu HongInterviewer: Where are you from originally, Yu Hong"Yu Hong: I’m from china . . . from near Shanghai.Interviewer: And when did you move here"Yu Hong: I came here after I graduated from college. That was in 1992.Interviewer: And what do you do now"Yu Hong: I’m a transportation engineer.Interviewer: I see. So you’re an immigrant to the United States.Yu Hong: Yes, that’s right.Interviewer: What are some of the difficulties of being an immigrant in the U.S."Yu Hong: Oh, that’s not an easy question to answer. There are so many things, really. I guess one of the biggest difficulties is that I don’t have any relatives here. I mean, I have a lot of friends, but that’s not the same thing. In china, on holidays or the weekend, we visit relatives. It isn’t the same here.Interviewer: And what do you miss the most from home"Yu Hong: Oh, that’s easy: my mom’s soup! She makes great soup. I really miss my mother’s cooking.AjayInterviewer: Where are you from, Ajay"Ajay: I’m from India.Interviewer: And when did you move to the U.S."Ajay:It was in 1991.Interviewer: Are you studying here at the moment"Ajay: Not now. I came here as a student and graduated two years ago. I’m working as a puter technician.Interviewer: Uh-huh. And what was it like when you first came here" Was it difficult"Ajay:Yeah, it was at times. The main difficulty I had was with the educational system. Things are very different here. Teaching methods, everything is very different from what I was used to in India.Interviewer: And what do you miss the most from India"Ajay:To tell you the truth, after you’re here for a while, you don’t miss anything very much. Hmmm, but I guess the weather and my family are the things I miss. And the quality of life. The quality of life is much nicer back home, frankly speaking.Conversation 7AJeff: Hey! Are these pictures of you when you were a kid"Kim: Yeah, that’ me in front of my uncle’s beach house. When I was a kid, we used to spend two weeks there every summer.Jeff: Wow, I bet that was fun!Kim: Yeah. We always had a great time. Every day we used to get up early and walk along the beach .I had a great shell collection. In fact, I think it’s still up in the attic!Jeff: Hey, I used to collect shells, too, when I was a kid. But my parents threw them out!Conversation 7BJeff:You know what I remember most about growing up"Kim: What"Jeff: Visiting my grandparent’s house… you know, on holidays and stuff. They lived way out in the country, and my granddad had a horse named Blackie. He taught me how to ride. I just loved that horse – and she loved me, too! I used to really enjoy spending time at my grandparent’s house. And every time I came back, Blackie remembered me.Kim: Ah, memories!Unit 2 Caught in the rushConversation 2ALynn: Why is there never a bus when you want one"Sam: Good question. There aren’t enough buses on this route.Lynn: Sometimes I feel like writing a letter to the paper.Sam: Good idea. You should say that we need more subway lines, too.Lynn: Yeah. There should be more public transportation in general.Sam: And fewer cars! There’s too much traffic. Lynn: Say, is that our bus ing"Sam: Yes, it is. But look. It’s full!Lynn: Oh, no! Let’s go and get a cup of coffee. We can talk about this letter I’m going to write.Conversation 2BSam: So, are you really going to write a letter to the paper"Lynn: Sure. I’m going to say something about the buses. They’re too old. We need more modern buses… nice air-conditioned ones.Sam: And they need to put more buses on the road.Lynn: Right. And there are too many cars downtown, and there isn’t enough parking.Sam: That’s for sure. It’s impossible to find a parking space downtown these days.Lynn: I think they should ban private cars d。